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Photo Friday: Liz VS. Granite Counter-top

I know that technically it’s Saturday but the internet gods were mad at me and wouldn’t upload it last night. It is what it is.

Two days before we left for our family vacation, I was delivering some tools to of my best and biggest customer’s offices. I caught my foot on the threshold as I walked in. I flew forward, boxes and all. As I did I thought to myself in what seemed like slow motion, “Ooooooh Nooooo! I’m fallllllling!” And as I barreled forward my next thought was, “I’mmmmmm goooooooooing to hiiiiiiiiit the countertop.”

The next thing I knew I was bouncing off of the corner of the countertop, the boxes of tools flying through the air, as I dropped to the ground.

Then almost everyone in the office was looking down at me on the floor and asking if so was ok. I quick felt my head to make sure I wasn’t gushing blood. It wasn’t bleeding, but I felt this nice egg sized knot.They quickly got me some ice and trucked me off to see a doctor. I was fortunate and it wasn’t fractured and I may have had a slight concussion but nothing too severe.

What was damaged the most was my pride. A LOT.

Following my pride, the next most injured part was my vanity.

Remember in the first paragraph when I said that we were going on vacation. It was a cruise vacation…complete with tons of pictures and the opportunity for me to get dressed up every night for dinner.

The doctor told me that I would have a bad black eye. By the next day, this is what it looked like. Lovely….But still not too bad yet. But I was worried about it so I went to Ulta to get help from the experts. They helped me find some concealer and heavy coverage makeup. The trip resulted in this:They did a decent job covering it up but the worst was yet to come.

I woke up the next day and looked like this. It was Schlitterbahn day so I didn’t even bother with makeup.

By day 3, post accident, I looked like this.Just in time for Day 1 of the cruise!

I tried finding some sunglasses before we boarded the cruise that would hide it and still be light enough to rock glasses inside….none of which looked great and I’m pretty sure the Target people thought I was in an abusive relationship….

I ended up with these, which I unfortunately lost on a gigantic floating slide in Cozumel. They worked while they lasted. Better losing them than my red wayfarers that I wear 95% of the time.

This is what I looked like after I lost the glasses in the beautiful ocean! You’ll notice that the reef-safe sunscreen didn’t rub in all that well, which is a whole other review….Oh, and don’t I look beautiful for formal night (Day 2 of the cruise)??? Sorry for the bad quality of the picture. You’d think as many photos as we take, we could’ve had someone take a decent picture of us on formal night…. By Day 4, I was looking even better (and getting better with my makeup too)….plus, I learned to make a towel animal. Can you tell what it is???

By now my eye is almost back to normal after two weeks. Now I just look like I’ve done a terrible job with my makeup smeared under my eye or like I’ve not gotten any sleep.

I learned a few things from this:

Don’t carry too much stuff when going up steps and you can’t see your feet. I have a background in safety. You’d think that I’d practice what I preach. The good this it wasn’t “a recordable” injury.

If you’re going to have a fall, don’t do it in a customer’s office.

When you see someone with a black eye, chances are they weren’t in a bar fight or being abused. It’s easier to ask what happened than to stare.

If you do stare at them, try to control your shock or surprise. Seriously people!

If you hurt something above your eye you’re going to get a black eye and maybe even a red eye too if you’re lucky like me.

I have a German hard-head. My husband has known this for a long time, as have my parents. But for the first time, it came in handy since I didn’t have a fracture.

There you have it. The story of Liz VS. granite. I lost…but at least everyone got a good laugh out of it